This is one of the Federation of Althea's member states tracing its origin to Fo'ur. More precisely, it traces its origin to a regional trading empire. In those days the humans of Fo'ur commonly had a partially plutocratic form of government. This means that economic power also meant considerable political. When the economy later changed this country became a constitutional monarchy. Even later it developed into a parliamentary democracy. The language of the local majority descends from English. It is unclear how large part of the population really descends from Britons. Certainly, they constitute the largest group among the humans originally colonising Fo'ur. But there were also Chinese, Dutch, Eskimos, Frenchmen, Germans, Japanese and Thai. All these populations have probably contributed to more or less degree.